Coming back from Euros, frankly the Liverpool lads can hold their heads high. The rest... not so much.
Johnson was excellent throughout the tournament, Stevie had the best dead ball delivery I've seen from a Red for 18 months, Carroll looked hungry, won the ball in the air seemingly at will, and scored an excellent goal, and Henderson did no worse than Parker.
Terry had one good game. The rest did no better.
But if Gerrard is going to try become Scholes we will be wasting the best attacking talent at our club. He can't dominate the way Pirlo did - *that* is what a "deep lying playmaker" does, and Gerrard simply doesn't have those skills in his locker anymore. Think about it - when last did he lash a ball at the goal from 30 yards? Quite a bit. When last was one on target? I think we have to go all the way back to Hodgson for that (there may have been one against Napoli). The 40 yard pass for which he's famous? Generally it's wayward or cut out. He can clearly still take a free kick, penalty, or corner, and still has a good cross on him - that suggests he should play on the right as an attacker.
